[r80rt]

Rolled over 9000 miles on my C5 today, all is well.

[Ragmas]

Well done. 

Sam

[GreenMachine]

congrats...

[ace.cafe]

Cool!

[ScooterBob]

Reports like these are going to be "ho-hum" with the UCE bikes I'll bet! Good job, though - you've done all the "right stuff" for sure to keep the little machine in the happy place! I hope you get to post on NINETY thousand miles as well ..... 

[r80rt]

Just oil and tire changes, chain adjustment now and then. It's been a rock solid bike from day one.

[singhg5]

You have a great C5.   These bikes have given a new meaning to RE -
 instead of Wrench & Ride, they are Ride-Ride-Ride & Wrench. 

Congratulations !!!

[ToesNose]

Just oil and tire changes, chain adjustment now and then. It's been a rock solid bike from day one.

Tinkering is fun, but riding is funner!  Great to hear r80rt   

[gashousegorilla]

You go there r80rt ! 

[Ducati Scotty]

Watch out Singh!

Hey, how are your chain and sprockets looking?  Mine's starting to get tighter and looser spots at 5k.

Scott

[r80rt]

Chain and sprockets look good, I've only adjusted the chain twice in it's life, I prefer them to be a tad loose.

[singhg5]

Watch out Singh!

Hey, how are your chain and sprockets looking?  Mine's starting to get tighter and looser spots at 5k.

@Scott:

My G5 chain had tight/loose spots last year and I had replaced it after 9500 miles with a very good DID Japanese chain.  Since then, I have only kept it well lubed and at proper tension.  It is doing good.  Rear sprocket is fine.  

I could not even remeber the chain specs - sign of some grey hair, receding hairline etc.etc.  .  Had to do a search, in case you need to replace it -

http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,8269.0/all.html

[clubman]

Watch out Singh!

Hey, how are your chain and sprockets looking?  Mine's starting to get tighter and looser spots at 5k.

Scott

I thought mine was nearing the end of its life at 5k too. Posted as much last summer and bought a new chain in readiness.  Nearly 3,000 miles later the original is still going strong at 7,800m. It is quite prone to tight and loose spots but these can be evened out to some extent by a thorough clean every thousand or so miles. (Basically, the links need to be freed up.) I still doubt that I'll get more than 10k out of it; by modern standards it's a very average chain but it's not as bad as I once thought. As I have posted here before, I had the misfortune to use a Rolon chain in 1985 and it lasted 500m so this company have improved beyond recognition over the years.

[Ducati Scotty]

I'll give it a thorough cleaning and see what happens.

Yes, exactly.  There are many better chains available but it's sort of middle ground: average construction with the addition of o-rings.  I think I'm going to try a very high quality non o-ring chain with an automatic oiler next as an experiment.  They're very inexpensive compared to their o-ring/x-ring brethren so it will be fun to see what happens.

It seems that lots of big twins eat chains often and early compared to inline 4s.  May be the same for big singles.  I suspect it's the powerful, pulsy drive compared to the sewing machine smoothness that spells early demise for a chain.

Scott

[ScooterBob]

Chain and sprockets look good, I've only adjusted the chain twice in it's life, I prefer them to be a tad loose.

You are obviously a man who has owed a Brit-bike or two before! Hahaha! leaving a little "working slack" in the old drive chain is always a good idea in MY book. Less stress on the sprockets, gearbox AND the chain - plus, it doesn't squeeze all the dang oil out when it goes around the sprockets! Brilliant!